Session: Emerging Pathogens (21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (April 1-4, 2011))

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Community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii infections in Santa Clara County, California
Alex Studemeister, MD, Regional Medical Center of San Jose; Carleen M. Lawrence, RN, ICP, Regional Medical Center of San Jose

118

Bactericidal Effects of the Probiotic L. rhamnosus HN001 against Group B Streptococcus
Eden Ephraim, PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Ronald D. Schultz Schultz, PhD, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin; Megan Duster, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Simone Warrack, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Nasia Safdar, MD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin

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Strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant infections in California hospitals
Monika Pogorzelska, MPH, Columbia University; Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, Columbia University School of Nursing; Patricia W. Stone, RN, PhD, MPH, Columbia University School of Nursing

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Enhanced Provider Education and Dengue Surveillance in Florida Veterans Affairs Healthcare Facilities, 2009-2010
Cynthia A. Lucero, MD, CIC, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health Surveillance and Research; Stephen Benoit, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services; Luis M. Santiago, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Dengue Branch; Danielle Stanek, DVM, Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Public Health Medicine; Patricia Schirmer, MD, CIC, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health Surveillance and Research; Achintya Dey, MA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services; Maria Rangel, MD, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health Surveillance and Research; Gina Oda, MS, CIC, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health Surveillance and Research; Mark Holodniy, MD, CIC, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Health Surveillance and Research

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Exposure To Brucella In Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Workers: Acceptability Of Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Nasia Safdar, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Carol Spiegel, PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; John Marx, MPH, UW Health; Kimberly Meinholz, RN, UW Health; Francis Ircink, RN, UW Health; Khin Mae Hla, MD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin; Christopher J. Crnich, MD, MS, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health; Meghan B. Brennan, MD, University of Wisconsin- Madison; James J. Kazmierczak, DVM, MS, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

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